101 Young Adult Novels for your English Language class is a unique selection of young adult novels to read in the original, both in class or as part of an extensive reading programme. 101 young Adult Novels for your English language class opens the doors to a whole world of reading in English, offering teen readers highly motivational subject matter while providing great language input. 101 books, at approximately B1 level, chosen for you and indexed by... View more info

illustrations 144 Advanced Skills is a must-have collection of photocopiable activities for advanced level students. Each activity includes one to three photocopiable pages for students and step-by-step teacher's notes that allow busy teachers to slot these materials into any lesson and use along any coursebook with minimum preparation. The book contains a wealth of authentic material and realistic tasks that engage students and develop all four skills simultaneously. It... View more info

15 line figures 100 exercises 300 Alive to Language encourages teachers to question and extend their knowledge of how language works by examining the concepts of language-in-use and associated systems, language variety, change, and the interaction between language and power. (ISBN: 9780521568821 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 3313) View more info

Teacher's Resource 27 Reading and Comprehension Practice is a series of six books for learning support students. The series is designed to help the development of comprehension skills including reading, memory and thinking and may be used as part of independent work or group work. Each book contains 8 units of work, spread over three pages. The introductory page provides a passage which may be used in a shared reading situation or independently. Worksheet A invites stude... View more info

Teacher's Resource 27 Reading and Comprehension Practice is a series of six books for learning support students. The series is designed to help the development of comprehension skills including reading, memory and thinking and may be used as part of independent work or group work. Each book contains 8 units of work, spread over three pages. The introductory page provides a passage which may be used in a shared reading situation or independently. Worksheet A invites stude... View more info

77 figures 272 Spoken interaction is impossible without prosody. Intonation, pitch register, tempo, rhythm, pausing, loudness and voice quality all contribute to the spontaneous negotiation process that is everyday talk. This highly accessible introduction to the prosody and analysis of everyday conversation explains basic concepts and methods of interpretation using a wealth of examples from real-life conversations. Readers are introduced to the many conversational prac... View more info

11 tables 340 Analyzing Syntax: A Lexical-Functional Approach is a comprehensive and accessible textbook on syntactic analysis, designed for students of linguistics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Working within the 'Lexical Functional Grammar' (LFG) approach, it provides students with a framework for analyzing and describing grammatical structure, using extensive examples from both European and non-European languages. Topics covered include: tests for const... View more info

79 Third book in the 'NCELTR Teacher Resource'series. Handbook specifically designed to aid ESL teachers involved in making oral proficiency assessments. Discusses theoretical and practical issues associated with the assessment of oral ability in a second language, with particular reference to the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP). Provides a range of practical tasks which use rating scales in the oral proficiency interview. Marie Manidis is an experienced ESL teacher... View more info

illustrations 96 Dealing with assessment, this is one of a series of practical guides for teachers which examine pedagogical areas at the centre of ELT debate. Teachers are provided with ideas designed to help them develop their own material and tailor it to their individual needs. (ISBN: 9780435282523 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 5726) View more info

Intermediate - High Intermediate Beyond True Stories continues and expands the True Stories tradition with eight thematic units, each bases on a real-life, human-interest story. Each unit opens with A True Story in the News, followed by readings and activities that explore the theme. (ISBN: 9780131840317 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 821) View more info

illustrations 160 The ideal companion for any teacher interested in the use of technology in the language classroom, "Blended Learning" provides a practical overview of the technology currently available. It combines basic information for the technological novice with sophisticated ideas for using technology in the classroom. Teachers are offered practical ideas and suggestions for ways to use technology to enhance and support students' learning. The authors also... View more info

78 This book helps readers better understand and interact with people from other cultures, encouraging them to react and draw upon their experiences. The concept of culture is discussed fully, and both its unifying and divisive elements are examined. Exercises found both throughout the text and at the end of each chapter are aimed at helping readers discover their own biases. (ISBN: 9780205266524 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 4792) View more info

Illustrations 340 The CALLA Handbook is an indispensable resource for all teachers who are responsible for teaching core curriculum subjects to language minority students in ESL or mainstream classrooms, at-risk students, and all students in bilingual and foreign language classrooms. (ISBN: 9780201539639 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 6169) View more info

The kit includes resources for conducting moderation sessions at Pre-CSWE and CSWE I, II and III. It is designed for ongoing professional development and is suitable for teachers of wide-ranging experience levels. It contains authentic spoken and written performances of assessment tasks from the current CSWE and support material for moderation facilitators. The 2011 Edition of the Moderation Kit compliments the previous edition by covering different ... View more info

80 Class Act is a photocopiable collection of 12 short plays aimed at young learners of English, aged 7-11. The plays cover a variety of topics and genres, including traditional and modern tales, comedy and fantasy. The plays offer an age-appropriate and fun way for young children to practise useful language in English through enjoyable and motivating storylines. The plays are graded in order of difficulty to suit a range of levels. The plays involve listening, speaking,... View more info

Illustrations 324 How can one involve students in classroom decisions? What difficulties might arise? What benefits can be expected? This collection addresses these questions by bringing together for the first time accounts from teachers who have introduced shared decision-making with students. (ISBN: 9780521666145 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 3276) View more info

Illustrations, forms 153 Classroom Observation Tasks shows how to use observation to learn about language teaching. It does this by providing a range of tasks which guide the user through the process of observing, analysing and reflecting, and which develop the skills of observation. It contains a bank of 35 structured tasks which are grouped into seven areas of focus: the learner, the language, the learning process, the lesson, teaching skills and strategies, classroom ... View more info

This book draws together recent work from a number of researchers and educators who have focused on the needs and challenges of ‘At Risk’ English as an Additional Language (EAL) students. ‘At Risk’ students include those from refugee backgrounds, and EAL students who have had minimal or disrupted schooling prior to arriving in Australia. The book has three main aims: To address the needs of At Risk EAL students once they ar... View more info

Illustrations 284 Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching is written for teachers, teacher educators and researchers who are interested in experimenting with alternative ways of organising teaching and learning, and who wish to create an environment in which teachers, learners and researchers can work together and learn from one another. This wide-ranging collection of papers focuses on issues such as: The central characteristics of a collaborative approach to clas... View more info

Merges the teaching of math with English language acquisition activities in a sheltered approach to math for secondary and adult learning. It will benefit both limited English speakers as well as teachers with little or no experience in teaching math in a sheltered format. Book 2 covers fractions, ratios, percents, operations with positive and negative integers, and an introduction to geometry. (ISBN: 9780131466067 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID:... View more info

Illustrations 272 A practical text which combines work on teaching, language, and cross-cultural communication skills which are related to teaching. The text is divided into ten units, each of which centres around a rhetorical teaching task common to university classrooms. (ISBN: 9780131377202 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 6185) View more info

90 Provides teachers with practical, research-based suggestions for using computer technology for communicative activities in language teaching with chapters organised around a variety of different communicative tools on the internet. (ISBN: 9781864089066 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 6009) View more info

bibliography, index 192 In the final part of the book, the topical-interactional approach is placed within the context of the current debate on language teaching/learning, and its implications are discussed. (ISBN: 9781855673410 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 6187) View more info

55 Teaching Computer Literacy focuses on the skills and concepts students need to understand and control digital information through the mastery of computer skills. Topics covered include linking computer training and language learning, addressing learner needs, developing computer skills, and integrating computers and the syllabus. Each chapter contains teaching suggestions, ideas for student lesson plans, issues to explore in the classroom, and activities involving act... View more info

Research Report, No 8, Research Report 8.Macquarie University. National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (ISBN: 9781864081909 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 7474) View more info

d.tabs. 256 This is an important collection of papers by a distinguished personality in the field. Topics covered include second language acquisition, syllabus design, methodology and methods, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar. Issues in applied linguistics are summarised and presented with clarity and their practical implications explored, thus making the vital connection between theory and practice in language teaching. Language teachers and students of appli... View more info

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United States, The University of Michigan Press: 31/Mar/2002

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illustrations 312 In Continuing Cooperative Development, a series of guided tasks helps the reader acquire specific skills of listening and responding that, in turn, help a speaker to express and articulate thoughts and plans that lie just beyond what they knew that they knew.By adopting a certain style of speaking and listening to colleagues for agreed periods of time, motivated professionals can take individual control of their own development and increase the ... View more info

illustrations 110 This is a practical guide to professional self-development. It provides awareness-raising activities for the individual and a framework of structured actvities for colleagues working together. The emphasis is on enabling teachers to develop their own teaching according to their knowledge and experience. The first part of the book shows teachers how to acquire the skills necessary to explore their own situations and to discover their own ways of gaining ... View more info

illustrations, bibliography, index 208 Recognizing that teachers are often involved in planning and developing courses as part of their responsibilities, the authors have set out to describe the factors which must be considered in constructing courses and materials. They cover: the fact-finding stage, establishing realistic goals, surveying existing programmes, realizing goals through instructional plans, selecting the shape of the syllabus, and considerations involved i... View more info

Illustrations 336 A completely revised and updated edition of A Course in Language Teaching. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to English language teaching, and is suitable for teachers in a variety of educational settings, including compulsory education. It has been completely revised and updated to include essential new topics for the modern English language teacher, including English as an international language, Content and Language Integrated Learning... View more info

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United States, The University of Michigan Press: 31/Oct/2002

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ISBN: 047208853X

Illustrations 296 The critical approach to L2 writing is arguably one of the most significant recent developments in L2 writing pedagogy. A. Suresh Canagarajah provides a thorough discussion of this topic in "Critical Academic Writing and Multilingua"l "Students."This volume facilitates teacher self-reflection and enables readers to better understand the motivations and pedagogical implications--especially for L2 writing--of a more openly pedagogical ... View more info

18 black & white illustrations, biography 206 Short-listed for the British Council Innovation Awards 2004 that promote and reward excellence in English Language Teaching Designing Language Teaching Tasks provides a research-based account of how experienced teachers and task designers prepare activities for use in the language classroom. It gives detailed information on the procedures which designers follow. The book is a description of research and will therefore interes... View more info

229 x 152mm. , National Foreign Language Center Technical Reports, No 18 248 This technical report focuses on the decision-making potential provided by second language performance assessments. The authors first situate performance assessment within a broader discussion of alternatives in language assessment and in educational assessment in general. Then they discuss issues in performance assessment design, implementation, reliability and validity. Finally, they present ... View more info

black and white illustrations 184 This book offers ideas on how dictionaries can be used to encourage reading while developing memory skills. (ISBN: 9780194372190 - When referring to this item please quote our stock ID: 2318) View more info

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United States, The University of Michigan Press: 31/Jul/2003

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ISBN: 0472089196

Illustrations 200 This book presents an approach to the teaching of second language writing in which students themselves work as discourse analysts. By investigating genres of writing as they occur in authentic social contexts, learners can become more versatile and independent, applying genre knowledge to their own writing needs.Like its partner book (Volume 1. The Spoken Language), Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom is highly practical. It gives... View more info

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United States, The University of Michigan Press: 31/Dec/1999

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ISBN: 0472085417

illustrations 232 Current methodological research has found that in order for learners to acquire language that is both linguistically accurate and socially appropriate, their awareness of patterns and of what is systematic about language must be developed. In "Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom," Heidi Riggenbach has compiled activities that will foster this awareness by putting students in the role of discourse analysts and language researchers so tha... View more info